“…And what were you before?” Do you know where that is from? A: Casablanca. Such a great movie. Now, on to the topic at hand. Here is the question for today: Are you as people perceive you? Or do people perceive a totally different YOU? We may walk the streets with a smile on our [...]

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I was once told that I work in a very quiet and boring environment. I was told that my job as a Systems Admin doesn’t have much action and I don’t get to interact with  a lot of people. let me tell you something, I work in a very different environment that you imagine; Geeksville, [...]

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I have been recently asking myself the scary question, “What do I do when I reach my goals?” Usually you’d naturally think that reaching one’s goals is the main objective of life. We set goals – and we strive to reach them. So, what happens when we do actually reach them? Is there nothing at [...]

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Many of the expatriates in Kuwait, are in the lower income segment of Kuwaiti society. What this means is they can not afford many of the luxuries we (Kuwaiti citizens) entertain ourselves with. We see them everyday, everywhere, and it is not easy not noticing the difference between a relaxed well-dressed Arab, and a tired [...]

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This is for those who hate the Islamists who ruined our country. And also to those Islamists who hate the Liberals that ruined our country. Don’t hate. If you start to hate and reply with arrogance and ignorance you are only being savage and uncivilized. If your points are better, then why don’t you prove [...]

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Question: Do you still celebrate your birthday with gifts? Vote on the poll on the right please! Thank you for your participation! Isn’t life just full of distractions? First, to better understand where I’m going with this, let us look at the definition of distraction. I like to use Google definition, they always have the [...]

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The Oxford program of career change is a career counceling program focused on helping you achieve your dreams in terms of trying to find out the career that would fit you best. One of the exercises in the program is writing down your commitments. It is said that commitments and wants are different, and that [...]

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A second, was always a second never more or less. So what changed? We have cars that should take us to our destination faster, but because of traffic we usually spend hours on the road. Has life become so complicated that there are just so many things for one person to do, that it takes [...]

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In July, I posted about being who you want to be, and that the limits imposed by the mind should not affect who or what you want to be. Today, I come to you with a different approach to being something you always wanted to be. Imagine yourself in a small room with gray walls, [...]

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When pursuing a relationship, it has been said that nice guys end up with nothing. They mostly end up being friends rather than having a relationship with the person they are interested in. Nice guys finish last. The original quote was related to a baseball game, however in terms of a relationship, what’s your take [...]

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